- Brief Narrative
- Large Schnitzelbank linen poster for the popular German call and response song. It is printed with the music and lyrics for the song "Schnitzelbank" and features 12 sets of cartoon images with captions for the rhyming sets used to vary the short verses. This version includes a stereotypical caricature of a Jewish man with the name "Judenmeier" paired with "Grose Eier" (Large Eggs), and 11 other rhyming pairs with drawings. The Schnitzelbank is a popular German drinking song often sung at carnivals, Octoberfests, and other festivals. A poster with cartoons and captions for the rhyming sets is displayed on the stage. The song leader then points to a picture and asks "ist das nicht ein Schnitzelbank?" The crowd responds with the refrain "Ja, das ist ein Schnitzelbank," and so on. The full lyrics were often printed on the side. There are many different versions of the poster using different images and rhyming sets. Beer distributors often produced versions with their name in the top heading.
- Title
- Schnitzelbank
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1907
- Geography
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publication:
Buffalo (N.Y.)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of William Harkaway
- Markings
- top, printed, black ink : SCHNITZELBANK / EI DU SCHÖNE - EI DU SCHÖNE - I DU SCHÖNE - SCHNITZELBANK
first row, below cartoons, printed, black ink : 1 SCHNITZELBANK 2 KURZ UND LANG / 3 HIN UND HER 4 LICHTPUTZSCHERR / 5 KRUM UND GRAD 6 WAGENRAD / 7 GOLDENER RING 8 SCHÖNES DING
second row, below cartoons, printed, black ink : 9 JUDENMEIER 10 GROSE EIER / 11 GEISENBOCK 12 REIFENROCK / 13 GUTTE WURST 14 GROSSER DURST / 15 HERBERGSMUTTER 16 GUTTE BUTTER
third row, below cartoons, printed, black ink : 17 GROSER FISCH 18 KLEINER TISCH / 19 BESEN STIEL 20 AUTOMOBILE / 21 HERBERGSVATER 22 GIGGER GAGGER / 23 AFFENGESICHT 24 HELLES LICHT
left column, bottom, printed, black ink : WE CAN MAIL YOU THE / SCHNITZELBANK
bottom, smaller font, printed, black ink : Broadway Publishing Co., 287 Broadway, Buffalo, N.Y. union label 14 Copyrighted 1907, by Henry Schwabl, 287 Broadway, Buffalo, N.Y.
- Contributor
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Publisher:
Broadway Publishing Company
